“The development of animated film based on Super Mario Bros. with Illumination is moving along for an anticipated theatrical release around 2022,” said Furukawa (via IGN).
The film, set in the world of Super Mario Bros., will be co-financed by Universal Pictures and Nintendo and distributed theatrically worldwide by Universal Pictures.
Now that the animated Super Mario Bros. movie is officially moving forward, Nintendo has announced a rough time frame of when we’ll be able to see it in theaters.
The Super Mario Bros. movie will star the famed plumber Mario Mario, and will be produced by Chris Meledandri, Founder and CEO of Illumination, and Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director, Fellow of Nintendo.